U.S. Rep. Anthony Weiner, an outspoken New York Democrat who has become a national figure by appearing regularly on national cable stations like MSNBC, said Monday that he is not resigning - despite an increasingly growing scandal over lewd photos.

In a press conference in Manhattan, Weiner admitted having online relationships with six different women over a three-year period - which goes far beyond the original details of his dealings with a 21-year-old woman in Seattle. Weiner admitted that he had lied about releasing the photo to the woman, conceding that his original story about having his account hacked was false.

The news conference came after The Huffington Post and others reported Monday that there were more photos from another woman that also includes e-mails between Weiner and her. The woman, from Nevada, said she has more than 200 messages from Weiner.

Some political observers had been befuddled at Weiner's long explanations about the issue that they say have not given any clarity to actually how the photos were released. For more than a week, Weiner, who was married last year at a Long Island castle to Huma Abedin, a prominent aide to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, has been trying to explain how the original photo was sent to a 21-year-old college student in Seattle. Former President Bill Clinton officiated at the wedding, but some said Monday that Weiner's high-level friends will be unable to save him from the latest revelations.

"He's toast,'' said one Republican in Hartford.

A Democrat insider at the Capitol predicted, "He'll be out by the Fourth of July. He'll be out before the firecrackers explode.''

The controversy has created a national media firestorm with widespread coverage on blogs, CNN, The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, and others.

Tom Swan, a liberal Democrat who heads the Connecticut Citizen Action Group, knew Weiner when they were both students at the State University of New York at Plattsburgh. Swan, 49, was not particularly close with Weiner, now 46, but they knew each other on campus.

"He has never texted or twittered me in my life,'' Swan told Capitol Watch in an interview outside the Senate chamber. "I may have contributed to his mayoral campaign. I really, honestly don't know. I don't remember going out drinking beers with him.''

A coalition of groups, including SEIU and the Connecticut Citizen Action Group, came to the state Capitol complex Thursday to unveil a white paper that outlines Bank of America's "predatory practices'' in lending.

The report reveals the bank's "aggressive home foreclosures and mortgage registration fee dodging, turning its back on small businesses and forcing employee costs on state taxpayers.''

Tom Swan, executive director of CCAG, and Matt O'Connor, a spokesman for SEIU Connecticut State Council, came to the Capitol complex to spread the word about the bank. Bank of America, however, defended itself vigorously, saying that the coalition has the right to its own opinion but not to its own facts.